Cate Blanchett to receive BFI Fellowship

The BFI and BFI London Film Festival today announces that Cate Blanchett will receive its highest honour, the BFI Fellowship, at the BFI London Film Festival’s annual Awards Ceremony on Saturday 17 October at Banqueting House.

TRUTH, starring Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford, will have its UK Premiere on the same night and, in honour of the award, is screening as the Fellowship Special Presentation film. Based on the book “Truth and Duty” by Mary Mapes, TRUTH tells the incredible story of Mary Mapes, an award-winning CBS News journalist and Dan Rather’s 60 Minutes producer and the risks she took to expose a story on the then President George W. Bush.

Greg Dyke, Chairman, BFI said ‘Cate Blanchett is a compelling and brave actress whose mesmerising screen presence has captivated audiences since her earliest roles. We are absolutely delighted to honour her extraordinary talents with a BFI Fellowship at this year’s LFF awards.’

The BFI Fellowship is awarded to individuals in recognition of their outstanding contribution to film or television and Cate Blanchett’s mesmerising screen presence has captivated audiences since her earliest roles. A fearless and subtle actress, she has the rare gift of seeming utterly to inhabit the characters she plays and has an amazing ability to convey complex layers of emotion to stunning effect. The diversity of her talent shines through in TRUTH where she gives another virtuosic performance as the fiercely bright Mary Mapes, a woman whose professional commitment to exposing ‘the truth’ is so great that she is prepared to risk her career and personal safety.